About

Theodore Gioia is writer, critic, and nonprofit arts leader living in San Francisco. Hailing from a line of writers, he has the dubious distinction of being the second best-known writer named Ted Gioia in his family. Theodore works as the Program & Development Director at Arion Press, where he leads Arion’s events, arts initiatives, fundraising, the King Artist Residency, and co-founded the Arion Literary Dinner with Stanlee Gatti.

As a widely published critic, Theodore’s essays on the evolution of California culture have appeared in The New Republic, New York, Tablet, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Los Angeles Review of Books. His first work of fiction The Token of Dorian Gray was released as a fine-press edition by First Bite Press in 2026. He is currently finishing his first novel.

Theodore is a member of the Grolier Club, Vita Brevis, a fellow at The Institute, and serves on the advisory councils of several Bay Area cultural organizations.